Fire heavily damaged a West Hazel Dell home Wednesday afternoon, displacing eight people.
Fire District 6 and Vancouver firefighters were called to 801 N.W. 75th St. at 4:11 p.m. and arrived to find fire coming from the roof of a two-story ranch-style home with a daylight basement. The fire was concentrated on the backside of the 2,800-square-foot house.
Kendra Reagan said she was watching a movie in the living room with her three children when her son said the curtains were on fire. She got the kids off the couch and flipped the couch over to get it away from the curtains. While calling 911, she got her children out of the house and alerted the other adults living in the basement. She got baking soda to try and extinguish the fire on her own, but it had grown too big.
“I just can’t believe it,” Reagan said. Her family rents the house, which is owned by Eva Meggs, according to property records.
Everyone got out of the house safely.
The closest fire hydrant was across Northwest Anderson Avenue, so firefighters had to lay 1,100 feet of hose around the street, said Battalion Chief Larry Reese. Traffic was temporarily blocked in the area. The fire tore through the house’s roof and caused major damage to the home and attached garage.
